sanjay gupta. >> one more thing.add, you know, one thing with the authors writing this paper. six months out. a lot of times doctors may think this has nothing to do with a covid infection that you had that was a mild one, six months earlier. this is a reminder, i think, to clinicians and patients, alike. look. if you have had covid, even many months ago, pay attention to those symptoms, down the line. >> sanjay, i saw this week that you had been at cnn for 20 years. is that right? >> i have, yes. >> that's amazing. that's so incredible. >> i know. it's like no one thought i'd last this long. so, i appreciate the congratulations. >> you -- you -- you look as youthful as you did 20 years ago. of course, my eyes -- my eyes have gotten so bad, over the last 20 years, i might be wrong about that. so, sanjay, thank you. >> appreciate the caveat. >> congratulations. dr. wen as well. next, the push for voting rights legislation. the push back and how a remarkable exchange between a republican senator and georgia politician

sanjay gupta also a neurosurgeon. >> it's like dneurosurgeon. >> my goodness, sanjay. >> i tell you,now, just looking at that is kind of like thinking about your own kids in a way. they're born one day and then poof you turn around and they're teenagers. i still think of myself as having just started here. it's hard to believe that it's been 20 years. but you do it because you love it. i know you guys feel the same way. i really just -- always had such great reverence for journalist before i became one and even more so now that i joined your ranks. >> i think there are fans of yours your marijuana series it's 4/20, celebrating your anniversary 20th anniversary on 4/20 which is fitting after everything you've done. >> that's where you're going to go with that? >> i'm going to say it was so beautiful to see those unexpected moments where you are covering the story but able to lend your expertise in these dire situations where medical care is so difficult to come by. and it's really spanned everything from that, those very serious moments to obviously the more silly is john outlined. >>

sanjay gupta in. want to get into this particular guidance in a minute but i want to hold up this chart for viewers to see. this is what they're saying. if you look at the green, on the one side, on your right, my left, that is for fully vaccinated americans, green means good to go. if you look at the other side you have different safety levels and concerns for americans not vaccinated. we can get into the specifics here but the main message they were trying to send is get a vaccine and you can get back to normal. >> sanjay, i'm going to jump in, and while i do -- >> can you hear me okay? >> now we've got sanjay's audio. >> apologies. yeah, you see the graphic, i don't know if we can pull that up full, but the prevailing message was, look, you get a vaccine and there's lots of things you can do you couldn't do before. some of this was more than i think we expected in terms of basically saying if you're vaccinated you can resume these activities. these are the indoor activities and you can see it's all

sanjay gupta, dr. paul offit, we really thank you both for helping us understand this breaking news. it is a headline that gets people's attention. the fda and cdc calling for a pause in administering the johnson & johnson vaccine. a news conference at 10:00 a.m. we'll all be watching. gentlemen, thank you. >>> will lawmakers finally do something, take action, collectively, on excessive police force? a top democrat in the senate, dick durbin, is with us next. [sfx: rainstorm] ♪ comfort in the extreme. ♪ - [announcer] meet the ninja foodi air fry oven. ♪ make family-sized meals fast. and because it's a ninja foodi, it can do things no other oven can, like flip away. the ninja foodi air fry oven, the oven that crisps and flips away. protect your pet this flea and tick season with chewy. find everything from flea collars and sprays, to prescriptions that keep pests away. chewy has what you need to keep tails wagging and pets itch free all season long. shop pet prescriptions and more not everybody wants th

this is -- drum roll -- sanjay.air and everything on your first day on cnn 20 years ago and we're grateful for you. right, jim? >> well, sanjay, first of all, you were a sophomore in high school or something at that point based on how you look. second of all, poppy, i'm going to show up with that hair tomorrow on the air just so you know. >> chutjim sciutto has exceptio hair. and you still have all your hair and it's exceptional. >> i couldn't afford a hair cut back then. i think i still have that same tie. i just noticing the tie there. i still have that same tie. i'll wear it one of these days. thank you. yeah. 20 years. >> what a ride. >> it flies by, guys. you know, i'll say, you know, it's amazing. we all have kids and it was likening this to my girls this morning. one day they're born and the next day they're looking at colleges and the blink of an eye. i feel like this career has been that way. loved it. love working with you guys. i've always loved journalists long before i was privileged to become one. and,

sanjay gupta. also dr. paul ofit, the director of the vaccine education center of the children's hospital of philadelphia and a member of the fda's vaccine advisory committee. dr. offitt, half of all adults vaccinated by this weekend. that's a heck of a number. that's a good sign. i know, i mean, literally, that means half of adults aren't vaccinated or haven't received one dose, but we're getting there. >> it's amazing. i remember about a month and a half ago, people were hoping we could get to 2 million doses a day. now we're over 3 million doses a day. that's 1% of the population every day. you have 55% of seniors now, those over 65 that are fully vaccinated. 75% received at least one dose of vaccine. these are the people most likely to die, and we've been really good about protecting them. >> but sanjay, just because -- look, all that is fantastic. and president biden saying that he wants to lower the eligibility for all adults starting soon. that's great. but, of course, it's still about access. just b

sanjay gupta with where we are.hink it's wonderful that nearly half of all adults will be partially vaccinated by this weekend. th that's a huge milestone, but obviously there's a great concern and risk for the other half of the country. >> right. i mean that's basically laying it out perfectly. i mean, you know, at the same time that things are looking so optimistic, there are people who still have not been vaccinated, who are still at risk of getting sick themselves or potentially being sources of spread to other people. that's just the reality. so we are so close to the things, you know, getting much better, but you have to really think about the people who between now and the next couple of months still become infected, still potentially get very sick or, sadly, die. that could still happen close to the end here. but the vaccination sort of rollout that andy sla vivits ha talked about, you look at north dakota. they're one of two states that are likely to get to a point where they will vaccinate all willing adul

>> well, it's a good question, sanjay., we did not expect that this would, you know, happen, but we were prepared for it. and that's why the data was being collected and reviewed very carefully. also it hnot escaped our attention that the astrazeneca vaccine has encountered similar challenges with patients having had severe blood clots that caused people to also investigate what was happening there. so what i would say is that from the clinical trial data, sanjay, you know, the upshot of all of that, the analysis was that the safety profile was strong and that the effectiveness was also strong and, but as you know also, these trials are done with large numbers of people, 40,000 plus. once you get the vaccine out into the population, you are giving it to millions and millions and millions of people, and every now and then you will find some events that occur at a frequency greater than what you had in the trials. that's why, precisely why, you continue to collect safety data and you are very sensitive about pulling the brak

sanjay gupta, and chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. sanjay, the big headlines. basically if you're fully vaccinated, you can now enjoy, for the summer, lots of activities outdoors unmasked. but, not if you're in a big venue, basically like a concert or a stadium. let's start there with that change, but also why do you still need to wear a mask in a big venue if you're vaccinated? >> right. so, first of all, i think just from a scientific standpoint, i think in some ways what these new recommendations or loosening of the guidelines reflect is i think what the science has shown for some time. you're just very unlikely to transmit this virus if you're outdoors. we have known this for some time. now we have plenty of data, fewer than 10% of overall cases have come from outdoors, the virus transmits exponentially more likely indoors versus outdoors. regarding outdoor concerts, i think, alisyn, that was your question, that is the one area on that graphic where they still have a vaccinated person wearing a mask. and frankly that may change as well as more and more peop

sanjay gupta and lina nguyen.o had covid has 20% greater chance of needing more medical care over the six months after their diagnosis as well as more medications. what is it about covid that could be causing this? >> well, i mean, anderson, first of all, i think you said it already, which is that you don't want to get this infection. you don't want this virus because we are learning more and more about it. predominantly that even though we refer to it as a respiratory virus, it affects every organ in the body. strokes, mental health, anxiety, and depression, metabolism, acute kidney injury, coagulation problems, lots of different problems. this virus seems to affect the body in ways that we just don't think of typical respiratory viruses. in the study they said let's compare this population of people with regard to flu. with flu, typically symptoms, while they may linger for a while, you don't see this degree-degree of morbidity six months out after someone's been infected. so, you know, we don't know. we're stil

sanjay gupta. so, sanjay, what have public health officials decided specifically about the j&j vaccine and why? >> well, they are basically going to -- first of all, they made a decision because, you know, no more kicking the can down the road. and the decision is to lift the pause. this pause, that's been in place, now, for some time. and they are going to put out warnings. they are basically going to say that there is a risk of -- of blood clotting and a condition, where your platelets actually can go low. so people should be aware of that. and also, clinicians. people who may take care of these patients now know, that this is a rare, very rare, but possible, occurrence here and it needs to be treated a certain way. anderson, i am going to put up this graphic here. just, you know, when you think about risk, versus benefit. that's what, really, the emergency-use authorization is all act. a about. and that's what they looked at here. if you look on the left, for every 1 million doses given, we saw

sanjay gupta. sanjay, what happens next?about whether or not this will be including some sort of caution. there were ten people who voted for this, for lifting the pause and four people who vote against, and one person who abstained i guess because they had a conflict they were involved with the clinical trial, so we still want to get a few more details, but i think clearly as you mentioned the pause will be lifted. this is an advisory committee so now, you know, the fda has to actually make this official which they typically do. the cdc will then get involved but basically they are saying for people over the age of 18, the johnson & johnson vaccine can resume and that's under the emergency use authorization so that's what we know so far. i'm curious. we're still going to wait to see if there's specific cautions they are giving here or not. it sounds like they are not going to make restrictions based on age because 18 and over it's okay to go ahead and use this vaccine. >> sanjay, i'm told that they are going to update the w

sanjay gupta and dr. jorge rodriguez to discuss more. sanjay, first to you what was the most important takeaway from this briefing? >> they gave justification as to why this pause is happening and laid out a bit of what we've already heard from the fda and cdc about how frequent this was, what they want to do during this pause, which was two things primarily, see if there's anything that sort of ties these six women between the ages of 18 and 48 together and we can put up some of the things that we already know about these women but they want to see, is there something about them that is a common denominator as dr. fauci described? we know that 7 million people have been vaccinated. these are six cases we're talking about. so it really is, actually, less than 1 in a million that we know of so far, all women between the ages of 18 and 48. and also, their symptoms appeared within two weeks, within 13 days, actually, the other important thing, i think, as far as the justification for the pause, this is a little bit of a nuanced point, donna

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let's discuss with sanjay gupta.cinated right now here in the u.s.? we are seeing vaccine demand slowing in some places. is the u.s. prepare to meet the challenge of vaccinating enough of the population to reach what's called herd immunity? >>. >> i think it is becoming clear to meeting the challenge and it is an incredible feat that's achieved here. the numbers are getting better and weather are getting warmer, do i really need this? that's going to be a challenge. it is not something that's novel to this pandemic but there are all these outreach programs. one of the things i thought really important was andy slavic saying anyone can get a vaccine within five miles where they live try to go where people are. we could get to herd immunity over the summer and pop out of herd immunity in the fall if not enough people been vaccinated. th t that's the key. >> there is another news develop. exactly 20 years ago, we are talking about april 19, 2001. a young surgeon working as cnn's correspondent. we have a little surprise

sanjay gupta. and founder of the black doctors covid consortium.hat additional information does the advisory committee want to know before making a recommendation on the johnson & johnson so-called pause? >> yeah. well, so, first of all, this is an advisory committee. so, you know, they -- they would give some recommendations, ultimately, to the cdc. i think, you know, listening in on the meeting. what they really want to sort of figure out is, are there certain things that tie these -- these six women together? are there certain-common denominators? certain medications that they may have been taking? or anything else that may have increased their risk for this. trying to sort of piece this together. but i think, also, more practically speaking, anderson, now that this is out there. clinicians around the country are hearing about it. they are trying to figure out, are there more people out there that may have had the same problem, we just haven't heard about them yet? as one -- as one committee member put it, is this sort of a needle in the haystac

sanjay gupta is "outfront" and sanjay, we see the surge in vaccinations and yet, cases are rising overtalizations are now starting to tick up. how do you put these two things together? >> well, i think we're at this inflection point in this race. everyone referred to the race of the vaccines against the var variants. i think we've actually known that the b.1.1.7, the u.k. variant is dominant for sometime. they are just proving this now. there say lag time in testing. if you look at some of the state of thes michigan and florida and georgia, there are high rates of the b.1.1.7 and we've seen the numbers go up there. erin, i'll tell you, if you look across the country, about 65,000 cases, it's up a bit but it's mostly flat compared to last week. hospitalizations, as you mentioned, 2.67% up, up but not as much but the death rate is 21% down, which is good. now, that's a lagging thing, so it may be an uptick there, as well but i don't think we'll see the proportional deaths, the proportional hospitalizations to the case. when it comes to the dominant variant, whether you've been infected i

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sanjay gu gupta. this is big news.f the three vaccines albeit the one that has the least numbers in terms of people getting but one of the three vaccines approved in the united states. people are watching this very carefully. your take on it and what does this do overall to the biden administration's goal of getting 200 million doses in people's arms by the end of this month? >> well, as far as the second part goes, you know, if you look at some of the models and the way that the administration was sort of calculating how they would get to these numbers, it was largely based on the pfizer vaccines and the moderna vaccines, which are two-dose vaccines. so obviously those will have some impact, but because j&j came later. because they didn't hit their initial goals, the impact is probably going to be blunted here. so i guess that's the good news. but the bad news is this is i think every time we hear a report like this people who are sort of on the fence a little bit about vaccine and whether or not i should get are a li

in some places that sanjay mentioned, the challenge is getting people to sign up.ht has a look how one state is trying to >> i reet eat right. >> reporter: health officials are trying to reach people like this man, a 60-year-old truck driver who has been eligible for more than a month but has no intention of getting the vaccine. he is a supporter of former president donald trump. he is not alone in rejecting a vaccination. a recent poll shows fewer than half of the republicans say they have gotten the vaccine or intend to do so as soon as possible. compared with about eight in ten democrats and almost six in ten independents. that hesitancy is happening despite many gop leaders, including former president trump, encouraging people to get vaccinated. >> everybody get your shot. >> i'm not going to do it. i am the way i am. that's how it is. >> reporter: joy, a part-time hospitality and medical worker, also says her mind is made up. she will not roll up her sleeve for a shot. >> i think it's a medical and political. i'm up and down with the government as it is. i thi

sanjay gupta, chief medical correspondent.tor, i think they we were a e surprised they decided not to make a decision, decided to put it off. why, and what does it tell you over the next stoechb ten days? >> sometimes a non-decision is a decision in a way or at least it appears that way. with even going to hear from them again, but it's a little bit unfortunate because it's a vaccine a lot of people are thinking about, what's going to happen with this. i think there were sort of two things. we listened to how these advisory committee members, how they were sort of describing this. i think one of the things they're trying to determine, is this more of a needle in a haystack issue or does it appear to be or is it the tip of an iceberg that's larger? i don't know if everyone thinks this is still -- i think it's a rare occurrence, but they're trying to figure out how rare. are new cases going i merge as health care providers around the country hear about this and say, wait a second, does that sound familiar, is it related to a vac

sanjay gupta, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> you can join sanjay on his journey to learn why somen special report, "the truth about vaccines" begins tomorrow night at 00. we're standing by for the start of the chauvin trial any minute now. we'll bring it to you when it starts. i really hope that this vaccine can get me one step closer to him. to a huge wedding. to give high fives to our patients. to hug my students. with every vaccine, cvs is working to bring you one step closer to a better tomorrow. riders, the lone wolves of the great highway. all they need is a bike cv and a full tank of gas.u their only friend? the open road. >>> let's take you inside the courtroom, dr. lindsey thomas being called today in the derek chauvin murder trial. she'll take off her mask and she was sworn in and we'll wait for the medical examiner, dr. baker, to testify after her. let's listen. >> and let's begin by having you state your full name, spelling each of your names. >> lindsey carol thomas. >> thank you, your honor. good morning, dr. thomas. >> good morning. >> would you please tell us what

sanjay gupta, dr. david andrews, thank you both very much for all the information this morning. >>> now we turn to the derek chauvin murder trial. before court resumes this morning, the judge will decide if george floyd's friend who was in the car when police first confronted floyd can be a witness for the prosecution. cnn's josh campbell has been following it all for us. he's live at the courthouse in minneapolis. so what are we expecting today, josh? >> we're expecting more witnesses as the prosecution continues to build their case. that following yesterday, more damaging testimony from chauvin's colleagues. former police officers with the minneapolis police department. of course, the focus yesterday was on training. how do minneapolis police officers receive training. what types of training? some of the witnesses talked about use of force as well as this idea that police officers must respond to people who are in distress, even if that person is in custody. building that case. we heard from the poli

let's get to sanjay gupta, so much to talk to him about. now that the cdc is aware of the 16 cases of blood clots, do you expect them to still recommend the use of this vaccine? >> well, you know, i -- it's obviously guessing here. but i do think they will still recommend the use of the vaccine. two things to keep in mind. first of all, ultimately for the authorization what they had to show was do the benefits outweigh risks? you talked about the numbers here. overall, we're talking roughly if you add up the numbers seven out of a million women under the age of 50 developed the problem. for women over the age of 50 it was much rarer than that. and one man in the clinical trial -- they weren't sure if it was directly associated with the vaccine or not in that situation. but when you put it together, i think they will still recommend it. they may have certain calf yats as in have you had a history of low platelets or this type of specific blood clot before? and also just to send a message to people, look, if you develop symptoms, headaches, b

sanjay gupta. sanjay, i mean, first of all, what do you make of the situation here in india? is this -- i know, there is some talk. you know, some have blamed, possibly, a variant. but there is other factors, as well. >> yeah. i don't know that we can -- i mean, the situation just -- it's devastating. i mean, that's -- that's really heartbreaking, this piece that clarissa is reporting. i don't know that we can say this is due to the variants. we just don't have -- there is not enough sequencing that's happening over there. we know this one variant they are talking about, b 1617. it has mutations of which we have seen these mutations in pore other places around the world. in south africa, even here in the united states, in california. but they ever only sequenced 1% of the patients who actually have covid so i just don't know. this is the basics, as clarissa was talking about. you know, large numbers of people coming together. a country that basically declared an end game in march. i think, last year, there were many people i would talk to in india who were somewhat surprised

sanjay gupta. sanjay, can you explain what led to this pause and just how serious it is. >> yeah.hat they did is they found this association with these -- these women that kaitlan was just describing, women between the ages of 18 and 48 who had a somewhat unusual blood clot, a blood clot that's in the drank veins of the brain. blood goes to the brain. that same blood needs to leave the brain. this -- this sort of clot would impede that from happening so it's a significant clot hand you can see the numbers here overall, wolf. as was just mentioned close to 7 million people have received this vaccine. we're talking about six people who have developed this sort of problem, so it's really, really quite rare, less than 1 in a million. a little bit more information. again, women between the ages of 18 and 48 and the symptoms appeared within two weeks, between six and 13 tase, so two reasons i think for the pause is there something that sort of ties these women together? is there some underlying condition, that you know, may give these investigators a little bit more information about wh

sanjay gupta joins me now. we should note, sanjay, that this crisis in india hits very close to our cnn family. our colleague f-zarq gentleman lost his mother to covid just a few weeks ago. you have family in india. how difficult is it to watch this situation unraveling there? >> well, first of all, we're very close. i have a lot of family hand most of mike tended family outside united states lives in new dell hi, and we're communicating all the time by whatsapp. i'm the only doctor in the family so all questions in the family, medical nature come to me, and one of our favorite uncles passed away a couple days ago which was quite shocking. he was in his early 70s, pretty health and he died of covid. so, know, i think what strikes me when i hear this and i see sam's report and clarissa's report and talk to my relatives is there's still a bit of a disconnect. my relatives are taking this seriously now, but i think that they were getting the message a few weeks ago and they were happy about it, that they thought t

sanjay gupta is looking into. the surgeon general doesn't think hesitancy is getting better.t from pfizer. they're asking now to expand the emergency use authorization to 12 to 15-year-olds, this could have a significant impact. >> yeah, i mean, this -- as you know the pfizer vaccine has been authorized for people 16 and older so this would dramatically increase the number of school age children who might be able to get this vaccine. this is the application process, nothing is set in stone. but what pfizer has told us, and again this is coming from the company, the fda will have to verify this, is that they did this trial and a few thousand people, they prescribed it 100% efficacy. that means out of those 2 1/2 thousand roughly children there were 18 people who developed covid and all of them were in the placebo group and none in the vaccinated group. that's good. they also tested antibodies and they found the people who got the vaccine were developing a strong antibody response, stronger than they saw in the older person trials. so this is, you know, potentially good news. w

sanjay gupta as well as dr. carlos del rio, the executive associate dean at emery school of medicine. sanjay, just looking at the data here. six cases out of 6.8 million johnson & johnson doses. that is extremely rare. literally, 1 in a million, and is that data that typically would lead to a pause like this? >> well, we're dealing with, you know, everything here is unprecedented in terms of looking at this information real time, making these sorts of decisions. i mean, i don't know, you know, if there's an absolute threshold here, but i will say, jim, this is rare. but there is a signal here that we're seeing. and that warrants an investigation. i mean, as elizabeth was just talking about, it's primarily women between the ages of 18 and 48. why women of that age? we saw similar sort of thing with the astrazeneca vaccine in europe, you'll remember, and that's also a similar type of vaccine. this adnovirus vaccine. it's different than the pfizer and moderna vaccines. so this is why you -- this is why you pause it

sanjay gupta. sanjay, first of all, what do you make of this situation here in india? i know there's some talk, some have blamed possibly a variant but there's other factors as well. >> yeah, i don't know that we can -- i mean the situation just -- it's devastating. that's really heartbreaking, this piece that clarissa is reporting. i don't know that we can say this is due to the variants. we just don't have -- there's not enough sequencing that's happening over there. we know one variant they're talking about, b. 1617, it has mutations that we've seen around the world, in south africa and here in the united states in california. but they have only sequenced 1% of the patients who have actually had covid, so i just don't know. this is the basics, as clarissa is talking about, you know. large numbers of people coming together, a country that basically declared an end game in march. i think last year there were many people i would talk to in india who were somewhat surprised india had done as well frankly as they had done. now we're seeing these numbers. clarissa asked t

the risk goes up. >> yeah, sanjay, chris murray, thanks so much. appreciate it. we'll get deeper into the problem later in the program. right now, there is breaking news on the deadly police shooting of a black man named andrew brown junior in north carolina. the mayor is calling for body cam video to be public. tweeting the governor initial reports of the shooting in elizabeth city and death of andrew brown are tragic and concerning. the body camera footage should be made public and the sbi should investigate thoroughly to ensure accountability. the state burro of investigations is the sbi and in addition to that, ems dispatch is being released indicating brown was shot in the back. brown was shot as sheriff's deputies tried to serve him with a felony drug related arrest warrant. he has a history of resisting arrest but cnn can't verify such charges against him. family members and his girlfriend say neither owned nor carried a gun. more on that in a moment. we don't know if there was a gun present. first, here is the ems audio. >> ems, got one male 42 years of a

sanjay gupta. sanjay, what are we expecting here?t a little bit of a tease about this from dr. anthony fauci. what do you think the president is going to say? >> yeah. i think this is going to be the most significant set of recommendations for what vaccinated people can do. you know, we've been hearing about this for some time. i think a lot of it will probably focus on masks and what people can do outdoors. it will be pretty significant and i think it will be good news. let me show you i think the data that's driving a lot of this. we have been looking at some of this data for some time, how many of new cases what percentage of new cases, are actually driven by outdoors versus indoors. less than 10% happening outdoors. if you're vaccinated obviously much lower than that. and here is the increase in transmission if you're indoors. it's almost 19 times more likely that the virus will transmit indoors versus outdoors. we have known that for some time. this map i think will be one of the caveats, guys, because i think what a lot of thes

in the long run, sanjay? >> you know, if you look at the united states, compared to other countries, and leave aside the vaccination, leave aside even some magical therapeutics, there were countries that, obviously, you know, with the same resources or fewer resources than we have who obviously did a lot better. i think the problem was that that stutter-stepping into our response cost us a lot. it was a delayed response to begin with. i remember the study coming out of columbia early on that said if we had just acted even two weeks earlier, even a week earlier, 84% of deaths could have been prevented. it just stops your heart to hear that. i remember i interviewed ambassador birx about that and she says she believes that the vast majority of deaths could have been mitigated and prevented. so that was one example. but there were many. i think the basic idea that we didn't take it seriously enough and we thought there were crazy solutions, absolutely crazy solutions like just injecting disinfectant, did really

sanjay gupta. nearly 80,000 cases of coronavirus reported yesterday, a thousand americans were reported to have died from the virus yesterday. it's pretty sad right now what's going on. what do you see happening? >> there's a situation obviously where you have these variants that are more transmissible that have become the dominant strain. i show you what's going on many michigan, for example, where you're getting 70-80% of the new infections from these variants. it's really taken over. the one on the left is last week in december and the one on the right is last week of march. the green in there in the middle is people aged 40-69. so there's a larger percentage of people who are younger in the hospital, whereas older population that is the most vulnerable shrunk because they've largely been vaccinated. that picture tells a story, wolf. it tells you more young people are becoming infected, but also that's who really needs to be vaccinated. in places like michigan, minnesota and other places, that's

sanjay gupta.ine will go back on the market tomorrow but maybe with a warning that in extremely rare cases the blood clot can happen? >> i think that seems like the most likely scenario. we'll see. one thing to keep in mind is part of the advantage of having this time over the last week or so is if there are a lot more patients who will declare themselves and say that happened to me as well. in other words was this a needle in a haystack or a tip of the iceberg? we haven't heard of a lot more cases. in some instances where people may have a pre-existing condition, this may serve as a warning to them. that's what they did in europe, by the way. not that the fda always matches what the european medicine agency does. that seems like the most likely outcome here, some kind of warning. >> the white house announced new efforts trying to boost plateauing business rates, offering incentives to businesses to allow employees to take team off work to get vaccinated. do you think numbers are slowing because of

sanjay, what if enough people don't get vaccinated.uge numbers that do not get vaccinated l that determine how long the guidance lasts? >> yes. i don't think we'll necessarily go backward. i've shown this graphic to you a couple of times. it's inspiring to see where we could potentially go here. you know, i think if not enough people get vaccinated as quickly, we're just going to go through this process more slowly because eventually there'll be more people who are developing immunity just through becoming infect, which is the wrong way to do it because you could get sick, have long-hauling symptoms. you do not want to get this virus if you can avoid it. we'll probably go through the same steps we're talking about and ultimately achieve some sense of normalcy again. i think we'll get into this community immunity over the summer. now it's a question of how long will they be sick. >> kids right not cannot be vaccinated. it's safer when people get vaccinated. but can we still get covid and pass it on to our children or grandchildren who a

sanjay gupta. sa sanjay, what does this mean basically, and how soon could we see vaccines for that age group? >> well, i don't think i'm exaggerating when i say it could be any day now, john. it was three weeks ago when they applied for this amendment to the authorization as you point out. this is not a new authorization. they're essentially saying there is an authorization that already exists for this vaccine. we want to amend it to basically lower the age range. 16, and we want to take it to 12. the advisory committee does not have to meet. they don't have to go through the same process we watched a few times. it could happen at any time now. we looked at some of the trial results. i talked to some of the investigators. the data looks really promising. in fact, the antibody response that was being generated in the 12- to 15-year-olds is more robust than those 16 or older. there was really no illness in the vaccinated group versus the placebo group, and there were no significant side effects or s

sanjay, the rate of vaccinations in the u.s. is at the low point since march. the high still but dropping consistently. do you think the new guidelines will give people an incentive to get vaccinated or still too conservative? >> i think therey're still a bi conservative and being cautious, which is the tone they've taken throughout this administration and understandably. it would be hard to loosen guidelines when the numbers were particularly high. still cautious guidelines and a lot of people are people that may need to be incentivize to get the vaccine may have been the people doing the things the recommendations are allowing them to do. i don't know how big a difference that makes. we have 61% of the country that says they are either already have received a vaccine or willing to do it but 17% who say they are in the wait and see mode. this movable middle. and the 20% or so that says pretty much they're not planning on getting this vaccine. it's that 17%. part of it is they want to wait and see. look at the u.k. and israel. this is something that might help

everybody trust sanjay. it's okay you feel these things.uld go to the doctor and get treatment just as if your knee swelled up or if your breathing was screwed up for months after having covid. get the help and take care of yourself. i promise over time you're going to see you're not alone. i'm there with you. i'm getting help. it's making a difference. sanjay, thank you for helping me get the help i need to get better. i need you. i don't want you to ever be in my condition. take care. >>> we have a big update on a story we brought you last night. you're going to want to hear this next. (burke) phone it in to 1-800-farmers to get policy perks, like a home and auto-bundle discount. (man) i'm phoning it in and just saved twenty percent. (burke) get your policy perks by calling 1-800-farmers. go ahead, phone it in. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ struggling to manage my type 2 diabetes was knocking me out of my zone, but lowering my a1c with once-weekly ozempic® helped me get back in it. ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic® ♪ my zone? lower

sanjay gupta. sanjay, listen to what dr. see today. >> they will allow it to be given because they feel that the risk of covid-19 far outweighs the very rare, rare occurrence of this serious adverse event. so they are letting the vaccine go out with a warning to people about what to look for, about what the risk is. i wouldn't be surprised, though -- again, i don't want to get ahead of their decision. that's up to them. but i wouldn't be surprised if they came out with something similar to that. >> sanjay, what are you expecting? >> yeah, so he was referencing what happened in europe initially there. europe made this decision to basically say continue on, but with warnings. the united states, the fda doesn't necessarily need to follow that particular path, but it does look likely and that's what dr. fauci is telegraphing. two other potential outcomes. one is they say, this is so rare, we'll not put any

sanjay gupta. sanjay, 200 people. that's about an eighth of the typical guest list.are already vaccinated, is this not excessive? >> yeah, it is cautious. reading through the sort of policies and protocols, i think people either had to prove they vaccinated or had a negative test. i'm not sure if everyone taeta attending is vaccinated. but if everyone was vaccinated, people could be in there indoors, still wear a mask but have an event like this. movie theaters is one of the examples they gave in the dp guidelines. i think this is caution. they want to make sure people have enough space to physically distance. they want to keep people away from the president so they're not trying to ask for autographs and things like that, i understand, but it is a cautious approach. >> tonight's speech comes as the pace of vaccinations in the u.s. has slowed. we're averaging about 2.7 million doses a day. a number that's been falling since april 16th. what's responsible for the slowdown, just vaccine skepticism? >> i think that's a large part of it now. if you look at the numbers ov

sanjay gupta joins me with more.anjay, officially it's a pause, but you know well that for some the doubts linger even if, for instance, the fda would reverse this in a couple days and say it's okay, the benefits outweigh the risks. i know you've been speaking to a lot of people as well involved. did they make the right call? >> yeah, i do. just to answer that question clearly, jim. i do think it's still the right call. i understand there's pluses and minuses here. just as a reporter covering this story but also similar stories to outbreaks around the world, jim, on monday or tuesday morning, if you at the beginning of your program said the headline is a 45-year-old woman died after receiving a vaccine and that was the headline and it wasn't coming contextualized the way this is with the plan in place, we're going to take a pause, perhaps that would have been even worse, in terms of fostering vaccine hesitancy. i'm not saying this won't have an impact on people's willingness to take the johnson & johnson vaccine. i t

sanjay gupta, cnn, kalamazoo, michigan. >> our thanks to sanjay for that incredible look. >>> it's opening for major league baseball. fans will be back in the stands, john, at reduced capacity, with plenty of pandemic precautions in place. wow. i just said that. cnn's polo sandoval is live at yankee stadium. set the scene for us, polo. >> just a quick reminder that yankee stadium has been bust ling with activity since february. it's a mass vaccination site for residents of the bronx. we're told it will continue to offer those services to the rest of the month, of course, working around game schedules. but according to the mlb, the big story is yankee stadium or yankee fans returning to yankee stadium for the first time since game five of the 2009 championship series. they've been waiting a very long time to do so. when they head this way later this afternoon, they'll be met with reminders we're still in the pandemic. you mentioned some of the fans will be required to actually show their negative covid test results or proof that they've been recently vaccinated. those fans will be sitting i

sanjay gupta joins us, now, with more.s it do you think the fda will approve the pfizer vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds? >> it -- it looks very promising, anderson. this is advancing the timetable. you remember, dr. fauci said it might be the fall before we see this. but now, pfizer is applying. actually, they are applying for an amendment to the emergency-use authorization. and that might expedite it even faster because they are just trying to change the existing emergency-use authorization to include this age group. if the data holds up that pfizer's released, it should be pretty promising. it had a very good side-effect profile. and there were no cases of illness, in the vaccinated group of people, in these 12-to-15-year-olds. so, we will see but it does look promising. >> there have been some reports of adverse reactions to the johnson & johnson vaccine, both, in the united states and in europe. can you kind of put it in scale and context? >> yeah. i mean, this is important to keep an eye on. again, there is significant

let's worrisome, let's talk with our chief medical correspondent with sanjay gupta.on't know, wolf, i think it will help a little bit. i think a lot of people who frankly pay close attention to the cdc guidelines and abide by them are people who may have already been vaccinated. i am not sure how much of an impact it will have on people who have been reluctant or hesitant to get the vaccine. we know 60% of the country either received the shot or willing to get the shot. 55% of the country have basically received one shot. we are getting to the ceiling where vaccine confidence starts to fall off. we'll see if the wait and see population, the movable middle population to go ahead and get vaccinated. that's what the next few weeks will tell us. >> both of the vaccines and real world studies continue to show how incredibly effective these vaccines are against the virus. why can't fully vaccinate people, sanjay, resumes more of their activities. >> wolf, i think there are two reasons. the science is becoming increasingly clear. initially science told us vaccines are good

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sanjay gupta and dr. leana wen. thank you very much. also coming up, there's other news that we're following right now. new details emerging of the federal, federal probe of republican congressman matt gaetz and possible efforts to influence his position on medical marijuana. plus, new developments on the deadly police shootings in ohio and north carolina. body camera video playing a key role in both controversial cases. ♪ you've got the looks ♪ ♪ let's make lots of money ♪ ♪ you've got the brawn ♪ ♪ i've got the brains... ♪ with allstate, drivers who switched saved over $700 click or call to switch now. the federal investigation of the republican florida congressman matt gaetz. sources now telling cnn that part of the probe is focusing in on a 2018 trip that gaetz and others took to the bahamas. let's go to our senior justice correspondent evan perez who is working the story for us. evan, first of all, what are you learning about this new part of the investigation? >> well, wolf, cnn has learned that the federal sex trafficking investi

sanjay gupta joins us now.njay, one in four adults in the u.s. are fully vaccinated. the cdc is also warning that children may be spreading covid through after-school activities such as contact sports partially because of these highly transmissible new variants like the uk variant. right now, kids cannot get vaccinated. so, how do we contain the spread? >> well, you know, the basic rules still apply here, jake. this is a more transmissible variant. i think the way it's often described is that things that you kind of got away with over the past couple of months, maybe you were diligent but not as diligent as you could be. this virus will be less forgiving in those regards. you're right about the vaccine. only 16 and older for the pfizer vaccine, 18 and older for the other vaccines. we can show you the age breakdown in terms of who is getting vaccinated. made perfect sense to vaccinate those people who are older and more vulnerable first. if you get younger and younger, if we have the graphic, you can put it up.